Ninja

Drawin o the airchetypical ninja, frae a series o sketches (Hokusai manga) bi Hokusai. Widblock print on paper. Volume six, 1817.

A ninja (忍者) or shinobi (忍び) wis a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions o the ninja includit espionage, sabotage, infiltration, an assassination, an open combat in certain situations. Their covert methods o wagin war contrasted the ninja wi the samurai, who observed strict rules aboot honor an combat.